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La Trinidad in 1890. Shown above are the Spanish officers escorting some Igorot prisoners
to the La Trinidad presidencia.
ORIGINS OF BAGUIO’S NAME
There are quite a number of versions as to the origin of
Baguio’s name. as per Quirante’s report on his expedition to the
gold mines of “Antamok” in 1624, Baguio was often referred to as
Kapagwag, meaning stem or grassy clearings. It was not more than
a lonesome rancheria sprinkled with handful of dwellings and whose
lone attraction was a tribuna or council house in the center.
Together
with William
Cameron
Forbes in
1905, he
roamed the
pineclad
mountains and
happily
dreamed of a
city to be.
Gradually,
Baguio has
grown through
his dexterous
design. To
his Plan, the
present
layout of
Baguio owes much, and the people, in gratitude have named its
principal park and recreation ground after him.
Session Road in 1912, as seen
The Baguio Country club in 1909 by the camera of F. T. Ryan.
was already a fixture where the Among the structures, from
early pioneers gathered at left to right are the V.A.P.
free moments for a round of Hall, later used as Post-
golf, originally three holes, office; prison camp, Sly’s
some tennis or trap shooting. bar, store And lodging house;
The clubhouse was a rude, the Nagatomi studio, Valles
grass-roofed shed made of pine building, the Wagner and
slubs. Its doors and windows Cuidno Carantes residences,
were openings which could not and Lam Ping’s store. In the
be closed. It was erected in foreground is the Burnham
about a week. Lagoon, with the first
building on the Baguio
Printing site at the right.
2003 Baguio Carnival. Burnham Park looking east from the rooftop
of West Burnham Place.